LGBTQ Public History Events: Chronology

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A Chronological List of LGBTQ Public History Events

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Alphabetical List (to be integrated into chronology):

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Archives

LGBT archives have held exhibits for years. Add to this chrono list. Archives also have websites that constitute a form of public history. What's the history of the creation of those websites?


California Law Passed: July 14, 2011


GLSEN website[1]

In January 1994, Rodney Wilson, a social studies teacher in Missouri who was appalled at the failure of textbooks to address LGBT issues, organized a grass-roots network of teachers and community leaders toward creating a month of celebration that focused on the contributions of LGBT people. October was chosen because it built on already existing traditions such as National Coming Out Day (October 11) and the anniversaries of the first two LGBT marches on Washington in 1979 and 1987.
Each year in October, growing numbers of educators find ways to bring LGBT history into their curricula and school programming, opening up a dialogue that will hopefully lead to ongoing explorations of LGBT issues and a more integrative approach to exploring LGBT themes throughout the school year.
Below are a variety of resources that we hope will help you initiate a dialogue around LGBT history in your classroom or school.
Look for new resources as the year progresses, and please send us lesson plans and ideas that you have implemented and that we may share with others.
Becoming Visible: A Reader in Gay and Lesbian History for High School & College Students
Bowers v. Hardwick and the "Right to Be Left Alone"
Breaking the Code on LGBT History
Celebrating Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) History Month
McCarthyism and the Witch-Hunt Mentality
Out of the Past Video and Teachers' Guide
Why We Need A Gay and Lesbian History Month


Marches on Washington

First.
Second.


New York Public Library[2]

Becoming Visible: The Legacy of Stonewall, The New York Public Library’s groundbreaking exhibit, visited by over 100,000 people, was the largest and most extensive display of lesbian and gay history ever mounted in a museum or gallery space when it opened in 1994.
A follow-up publication, Becoming Visible: An Illustrated History of Lesbian and Gay Life in Twentieth-Century America, by exhibition curators Molly McGarry and Fred Wasserman, was published by Penguin Studio.
The Library continues to host exhibitions of LGBT materials, more recent examples including Particular Voices: Robert Giard’s Portraits of Gay and Lesbian Writers; Bedlam Days: The Early Plays of Charles Ludlam and The Ridiculous Theatrical Company; and Vaslav Nijinsky: Creating a New Artistic Era. Other exhibitions, as well as companion publications and online presentations, are planned for the future.
The Library offers LGBT-related programming across our branches and research centers, including author talks, lectures, public-conversations, films and musical performances. Guests have included Edmund White, George Chauncey, Taylor Mac, Cheryl Clarke, Anthony de Mare, and Charles Busch among many others. The Library also does special programming for LGBT and questioning teens such as Out Loud @ the Library.


New York City. Lesbian and Gay History Month or Week

Joan Nestle and Jonathan Ned Katz wrote essays for publication in connection with an exhibit. Date?


New York City. City Council Members' Resolution: October 11, 2011

to teach LGBT history in NY's public schools.
[http://news.danieldromm.com/ Dromm, Daniel. NYC Council Member. Website entry of October 13, 2011.
NY1.com report


Publications on LGBTQ History


Pop Up Museum of Queer History. New York City.

First exhibit. Second exhibit? Tour to?


Queer History Alliance. New York City.

Founded January 2011 by Paul Kelterborn and Christopher Teppe.[3]


Theater Productions on LGBTQ History

Katz, Jonathan Ned. Coming Out!
Katz, Jonathan Ned. Comrades and Lovers


Websites on LGBTQ History

GLBTQQ
OutHistory.org
Wikipedia: LGBT History[4]


Chronology

1994, January

GLSEN website[5]
In January 1994, Rodney Wilson, a social studies teacher in Missouri who was appalled at the failure of textbooks to address LGBT issues, organized a grass-roots network of teachers and community leaders toward creating a month of celebration that focused on the contributions of LGBT people. October was chosen because it built on already existing traditions such as National Coming Out Day (October 11) and the anniversaries of the first two LGBT marches on Washington in 1979 and 1987.


Notes

  1. ↑ GLSEN entry dated Oct 09, 2001, accessed October 23, 2011 from: http://www.glsen.org/cgi-bin/iowa/educator/library/record/816.html
  2. ↑ Accessed October 23, 2011 from:
  3. ↑ Email from Chris to Jonathan Ned Katz dated October 14, 2011, 9:45:47 AM EDT?
  4. ↑ Accessed October 23, 2011.
  5. ↑ GLSEN entry dated Oct 09, 2001, accessed October 23, 2011 from: http://www.glsen.org/cgi-bin/iowa/educator/library/record/816.html
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